Film is a powerful tool that can be used to influence audience beliefs and behaviour.
- Senior lecturer in Screen Production and Film and Television Studies, University of Cape Town
Lifting awards at film festivals is just the start of the journey for documentaries like The Last Shelter (Mali), No U-Turn (Nigeria) and No Simple Way Home (South Sudan).
The 1988 murder of the exiled ANC leader has never been solved – but by raising awareness and targeting core viewers, the film aims to help change that.
A tide of ‘the feels’ buoyed the underdog documentary to an Oscar win – but the local industry will need to focus on where international gains are most needed.
Micro-budgets, alternative distribution and collaboration have been fast-tracked by the coronavirus crisis.
Society expects journalists to report objectively. But a documentary filmmaker has an opinion.
The decision by South Africa’s Film and Publication Board to ban the film Inxeba has been widely criticised.
A pioneering documentary about South African punks, Fokofpolisiekar, doesn’t only focus on the band, but also illuminates the evolution of the documentary form.
The recently broadcast TV mini-series, “Mars”, combines fiction and nonfiction in a way that places them in balance. This kind of combination is likely to feature in more television series and films.
Paralympian Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to six years in prison for killing his girlfriend. It comes after a well-publicised TV interview which some believe was used to influence the judge.
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